Tonsillitis

Minor throat irritation is commonly seen in all patients. Throat and/or mouth irritation, inflammation and pain may be due to an illness such as cold/flu, or simply from over exertion of the vocal cords or environmental exposure to irritants such as smoke. Tonsillitis is another common medical condition affecting the throat. Signs and symptoms of acute tonsillitis include fever, lethargy and malaise, sore throat, dysphagia (difficulty swallowing) and painful, swollen cervical lymph nodes.

There are a number of vitamins, minerals and herbal remedies you can add to your first aid cupboard that will help. Some will be familiar to you, such as vitamin C and Echinacea, while others are less well known but more effective. The use of natural health products will provide symptomatic relief, help strengthen the body's defence mechanisms, and allow the body’s detoxification and drainage systems to eliminate the various toxic by-products of microorganisms and pharmaceutical drugs.